Gideon Levy, a columnist for Israeli Haaretz newspaper, says the rise in Israeli soldiers’ death toll in Gaza has not made much of an impact on Israeli public opinion, the majority of which support continuing the war.
“Thirteen soldiers [killed] is a hell of a price for Israel but 600 people in Gaza were killed this weekend,” Levy told Al Jazeera.
Israeli army says 152 Israeli soldiers have so far been killed since the ground assault in Gaza began on October 27.
Levy said he is “quite surprised” that pressure on Netanyahu has been “limited” so far.
“There is pressure concerning only one issue – releasing the hostages. Everything else is untouched. The sacrifice of Gaza doesn’t interest anybody in Israel, but even losing soldiers, which is so horrible for every family, is not leverage right now for growing protests.
“Israel is preferring now continuing the war over releasing the hostages. It’s a very cruel choice.”
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A lot of them are soldiers or ex soldiers that participated in the oppression and murder of Palestinians.. these aren’t hostages, they are prisoners of war.. the real hostages are the 2.2 million people of Gaza
Has there ever been another time in history when there were so many useful idiots discussing and arguing while a people were brutalised and murdered as part of an extermination campaign where innocent civilians were subjected to inhuman cruelty as the Palestinians are now?
Yes is the answer. In the lead up to the Second World War the European Jews were stripped of their human rights paving the way for the Shoa, the difference being that now with the heartbreaking and overflowing pool of evidence of what is actually taking place available at everyone’s fingertips there is truly only one explanation for it. Racism. Zionism like all colonial settler movements is inherently racist, and only those of you who are yourselves racist will be apologists for this abomination. Everyone else raise your voice and continue to raise your voice against these atrocities being committed by the Israeli state apparatus.
3:17 An important point by the admirable Mr Levy: Israeli public protests are only about the release of their own hostages. There are no significant protests about the unimaginable suffering of Palestinians, Israel’s disastrous standing on the world stage, the tarnishing of the memory of the victims of the holocaust, or even the deaths of their own soldiers. A sick society indeed.
At least Israel allow public protest
You are absolutely correct. Even in the US, I am seeing mostly Arabs and people of color joining in protests against Israel. A few liberal and Hasidic Jews have joined these protests, but an overwhelming majority of white Christian and Jewish Americans are supporting Israel. They may not say it in public but privately they want Israel to “Finish the JOB.” That’s why Biden keeps vetoing UN Resolutions. If he goes against Israel, he will not only lose the Jewish vote but also the white protestant and evangelical vote (they won’t vote for him anyway, but politicians always have hopes).
It depends. Have you read the papers about Israel, lately?
Netanyahu is blood thirsty. An illness he has similar to a serial killer..he feeds off killing innocents
To become Somalia? What an idiot.
Unfortunately unite state doesn’t want ceasefire between Gaza and Israel,they want more casualties and suffocating people both sides,and also Netanyahu trying too hard to secure his position in the Govt as well,these are all game of money 💰 but paying to innocent civilians,sadly how people in Israel are waiting for love ones 😢selfish and greedy Govt😮
There will never be peace in a stolen land.
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I wonder what Benny would have done it had been his own family members taken.
Miriam Weizmann (First wife)
Noa Netanyahu-Roth (Daughter to Benny and Miriam b. 29 April 1978)
Daniel Roth (Son-In-Law to Benny, Husband to Noa)
Shmuel (Grandson to Benny, son to Noa and Daniel)
Sara Ben-Artzi (Third wife)
Yair (Son to Benny and Sara b. 26 July 1991)
Avner (Son to Benny and Sara b. 10 October 1994)
Iddo Netanyahu (brother to Benny)
Dafna Netanyahu (Sister-In-Law to Benny, Wife to Iddo)
2 Children (Nephews or Nieces)
Elisha Netanyahu (uncle to Benny)
Shoshana Shenburg (Aunt-In-Law to Benny, Wife to Elisha 1949)
Nathan (Cousin to Benny, Son to Elisha and Shoshana b. 1951)
Dan (Cousin to Benny, Son to Elisha and Shoshana b. 1954)
Gaza shouldn’t have started this war
If there’s no illegal occupation of Palestinians land, they wouldn’t have started this
Are they having ceasefire for Xmas?
Israelis tend to be arrogant and selfish. They are not rational and are not willing to share.
I’ve cancelled my family Xmas in solidarity with the Palestinians, they’ll not be enjoying feasts and expensive presents. Most will forget about them. 😢
It’s plainly obvious that IOF haven’t made a mark on Hamas. If they had infiltrated the tunnel network then they would’ve lauded it but that hasn’t happened. Similarly if there was mass surrender of Hamas fighters. So after 3 months, Gaza has been flattened and sieged and Hamas is still around in full mettle. Israel is a psychopathic society.
Good man Gideon , so much respect for you , Norman & ilan
Its sickening that a bunch of Zionists satanic idiots successfully separated good people from each other blaming religions to run their stupid agenda
Free PALESTINE 🇵🇸❤️
Hopelessly inadequate message, but as an American thankfully living in Ireland for decades I am ashamed and horrified by my Country’s complicity in GENOCIDE
FREE PALESTINE!!!
Gideon Levy = *Legend!!!*
No one else is talking about how 99 percent of israelis are energetically pro-Palestinian genocide. The only ones that want this to stop are friends and family of the israeli hostages. No one cares about Palestinian children even. I feel nothing for these racist ethno-supremacist genocidal monsters. Israelis are synonymous with dirt.
You are exactly correct. They are MORE than willing to sacrifice all the hostages as long as they can wipe out all the Palestinians from Gaza. I have been wondering myself if these people have a heart and soul.
Al Jazeera is twisting facts…Hamas is holding hostages to
Did the anti-autonomy crowd dance to Israel’s top pop chart hits?
They will have to have a total ceasefire first.
…/So what im getting from this is that the “Al-Aq-sa flood” aint goin so well
Ungrateful, disloyal jerk and a fool, we all must meet our maker eventually & account for our lives. U won’t escape that judgment, racist fanatic.
People are missing the point. Israel declared war on Hamas. The objective of the Israeli action is to destroy Hamas. Not to secure the release of hostages but the destruction of Hamas.
gidon levi is a traitor, and el jazeera is qatar funded
Netanyahu doesn’t care about the hostages just using it so he can have his Genocide of Palestine civilians… that’s his whole plan was from the start.
Sam Parker wrote an excellent article at the beginning of the “conflict” about the actual reason for this war. In short, it is about enriching Central Bankers and securing domination of the Leviathan gas fields. Netanyahu and his supporters want the 1.4 trillion cubic feet of proven natural resources from the Palestinian Gas Fields which rightfully/legally belong to the Palestinians.
How could Egypt Close the exit. How can you watch this. Wow
They don’t want to be a part of Israel’s ethnic cleansing. Israel can stop bombing too.
egipt does not play bibi zionist game, bibi fail zionazi attempt with usa
This is the last phase of a settler colonial war and it tends to be the most brutal 😢
Vast majority of Israelis suppprt genocide , so they are proving that they share osama thinking to just terrorize everyone and do the collective punishment
Why delete my comments? Why are arabs so willing to throw Palestinians against Israelis?
Palestinians are oppressed and brutalized by Israelis on a daily basis.
What good does it do for Palestinians when arabs led by persians keep grinding Palestinians against Israelis?
Palestinians are already up against a wall. Now they have nothing to lose but their lives.
This is a case where hatred of Palestinians is LOT stronger than any love for the hostages.
What even is the point of hezbollah, houthis, and hamas? Is Israel actively seeking to invade your country? To rule over it? What threat does Israel in middle east pose to arabs? All this money from oil that fueled the industrial revolution. And what have arabs done with it? Countries like Iran, spent it grinding Palestinians against Israelis. For generations. Enough is enough. Do something good for once. Instead of cutting others down.
Hamas preferring the war, over its citizens survival.. Thats how we know this channel is not interested in saving lives or peace..
Thousands of Baloch people are killed by Pakistan army in Baloochistan.
You people are as pathetic as Israelis. Your country eliminated 50,000 Kashmiris, tortured thousands, and ‘aped Kashmiri women. Have you no shame?
@@QabilAGhordon’t cry , give proof .
@@mightyvengence Where is your proof for the assertion you made?
Israel is a terrorist state
Gideon Levy speaks more reason than the whole Madraeli government. Thanks for having a heart and a mind.❤❤❤
Nothingyahoo and all the men in his war cabinet are laughing at Biden and Blinkens face last two minutes, if these two idiots have any pride, they should stop saying to Isreal be careful when bomb, and if they are really serious about bombing with accuracy, then US should stop sending these monsters dumbs bombs.
The Zionists are as dumb as F*%#. Their project failed before it began, in the beginning of the 20th century, and they have desperately and VIOLENTLY hung on to that deluded fantasy — and this is the end result. “Israel” must be relocated to Uganda (the original plan) or relocated to Florida. It has shown it is incapable of living peacefully as a state of its own. Thank you Gideon Levy, and others for their work on this matter: Illan Pappe, Miko Peled, Norman Finklestein, and Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro, etc.
There is NO pressure from the US because they are providing Israel the weapons and funds.
US = Israel
Whatever US did in public is just for show. They are just as evil
The war was prefered by criminal hamas and their devil jihadist cohorts when they started attacking, murdering, butchering those innocent, harmless, unarmed and peace loving civilians. Criminal hamas massacred even those innocent foreign nationals who did nothing harmful to palestinians.
Now you claim that Israel prefer war.
It isa “BIG NO.”
They were at peace until the CRIMINAL hamas started all those atrocities.
That’s a FACT.
No one tried to divert knowledge of this reality except Al Jazeera.
Your method of broadcasting is deceitful.
It’s a Qatari mouthpiece
What else do u expect ……
But they lost 😢
‘Israel preferring the war over releasing the hostages’: Analyst
Another analyst:”Israel prefers the security of the whole of the nation including millions of Arabs that need protection from Hamas over the release of a handful of prisoners ..”
It’s kinda weird that Israel is protecting the lives of millions of Arabs, while Arabs claim they will slaughter Arabs including Arab children.. As Hamas put it: “slaughtering little Muslim children is good, slaughter them all, slaughter and kill, dictatorship and slaughter them all.. and simply claim Israel did it.. a good death for Muslim children!”
Very sad that Hamas officially confirms now that this is what they’re doing
Cfbt
Security failure was intentional
For those including many Christians who support any actions or conflicts in the Israel-Palestine region, it’s important to acknowledge that Jesus Christ is traditionally believed to have lived in the area now recognized as Palestine, therefore he was Palestinian. The history repeats itself again.
Israel is buying time, they think they will release by using force. Dont expect hostages to be released alive when if force is used.
It was never about the hostages and they killed 3 hostages what a bunch of criminals
So if the USA government has no say in the matter then why is it still supplying Israeli government with all that it requests?
Shame on Netanyahu!
Shame on World Leaders!
Save LIVES!
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He’s excellent.
Gideon Levy, a brave voice in the deafening silence!!
We need interviews with Hamas-released hostages. Their ramping up their lies on the MSNBCs and FOX NEWses.
majorty of israely people are good people want peace but zionist goverment of israel and idf are evil people they do not care about good jews and palestinian in gaza they want to kill palestinian womens and chilren and destroy their homes and their hope and children future they do not care about hosteges
Israel is a pariah criminal regime
Nothing like isreal,it is called occupied Palestine
How will America and the Western allies feel when all Palestinians in Gaza andcthe West bank are all gone, replaced by Settlements. How will they feel. Humble or sick
حماس الفلسطينية هم وحوش وكفار لقد اغتصبوا النساء بشكل جماعي حتى كسروا أحواضهن وماتوا لقد قطعوا رؤوس الأطفال إنهم أشرار، والشيطان. حماس الفلسطينية هم أبناء أهل غزة وطالما أن أهل غزة لم يخرجوا ضد حماس بسبب أفعالها = فهذا يعني أنهم يدعمون الفظائع. هل تريدونهم أن ينشروا أهوالهم في العالم ؟؟؟؟ يجب إدانة حماس في كل وسائل الإعلام في العالم.
Sadly sensible voices go are just not heard
Tentara idf berjuang sampai mati bukan untuk negara nya tapi untuk ambisi kekuasaan dan kekayaan netanyahu dan kelompoknya.. semoga banyak zionis dan rakyat israel yang sadar dan mau hidup damai dengan palestina
reporter has to be scottish!
definitely not irish !!!
Thanks for the program . It was informative.
stop complaining over and over about hostages—-how many hostages do you have in Israeli jails ???? your hostages are gone by your own bombings isreal
*Quotes from Nelson Mandela on the Freedom of Palestine:*
🌹Freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians🌴
“The United Nations took a strong stand against apartheid; and over the years, an international consensus was built, which helped to bring an end to this iniquitous system…but we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” (1997)
Israel is sacrificing its future for short term revenge. I could feel Gideon’s dissapointment with Israeli society for not thinking long term by focusing on peace and equality with the Palestinians. Instead they are more driven by revenge.
Moving Netanyahu from office will not solve the core problem which is the Apartheid system and the annexation and injustices that comes with it. Seems like the majority of Israeli people are okay with that.
yea makes me sad to be American
Israel terrorist state. Americabiden genocide gazza.
Nuttyyahoo will go on doing massacre as long as possible to keep his position. UN sent army to korea for supporting American side of Korea years ago, UN should send an army to help palestinians. Staying silent doing nothing is beyond unfair. This is supporting Israel clearly.
The people voting for war to continue are potential reservists and with the heavy losses faced by IDF, i am sure these lot would love going there.
Arrest your leader and stop asking for further war
Israel=Nazi
Tamam mulko ke superimo ko bas aam log hi roksakte hai aap ke is andoolan se hi war rooksakti hai
ZIONISTS, ISRAELIS, AMERICAN, BRITISH AND EUROPEANS OUT OF OUF ARAB COUNTRIES.
Hamas plan to drag the World into the conflict has failed miserably. Resulted in thousands of deaths in Gaza
“The sacrifice of Gaza doesn’t interest anyone in Israel”. Sad and it says it all…
The UN is slow to do anything. Thousands have already died.
Wannabe Hitler, aka Netanyahu, can’t bring them home, they will tell of their good treatment again, and how they nearly died because of Israels actions, and of course because he will have to stop his favourite thing, murdering Palestinians.
Necromancy is not a cause
We the people can get worked up over it, but as long as the USA ignores the will of the people, NOTHING ChANGES.
War is profit for the war mongers and weapons manufacturers.
This is just like the MSN. Twisted and one sided, evil and unjust. Israel was attacked and now needs to riot out their enemies. If HAMAS really cared they would release the hostages.
IDF needs to add more mercenaries, because jewish can not fight with well trained hamas. They usually deal with non combatants in West Bank.
Gideon, 90% of the hostages are already dead but still has like 2 million terrorists to be erased by Israel. Kadima Israel.
It’s sad to see the death and suffering but I know there’s a bigger picture. For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded Moses. Joshua 11:20
The peace ball is in the palistinians court, they want to keep the violence as it renews their victims card. I wish they would criticize terror instead of justifying it.
That is as clear as day , the Zionist political leadership in Israel prefer the war over releasing Israeli hostages .
No hostage release fight for it u criminal😢
Erdogan planted to the wolrld people head Israel is a TERRORRIST STATE… Hamas tunneled fear to Israeli that Al Yassin 106, the missiles and the surprise attack may come at any time
Keep your dirty mouth off Somalia. Occupier zionist.
Fantastic interview, sad to hear that inside Israel there is no pressure
There seems to be a pressure on israel only on account of hostages with Hamas as far as the Israeli public is concerned. No consideration of life and human rights of the legitimate Falistine population. Democracy as well as other dictatorship or present kingdoms are for name sake with chair licking aim and nothing else
What’s to say Hamas won’t keep taking hostages? Bibi is not going to let that happen on his clock.
Liars!
Maybe it was no hostages. Invented fake story to justify invasion
Hamas declined the Egyptian plan for a permanent ceasefire because they prefer killing more Gazans to giving up power. Gazans are starving and thirsty because Hamas steal all the supplies. The tunnels are for Hamas. Gazans are cannon fodder.
Israel knew in advance Hamas was going to attack and all they had to do was let it happen then paint it to be as gruesome and horrific as they possibly could. They had to get the world on board for the genocide that they were about to commit. Netanyahu sacrificed his own people for the “greater good” of the Zionist state. In his mind, he buried those hostages the day they were taken. It’s clear the IDF has orders to kill everything in their sights and that is exactly what they are doing. Survivors are expected to starve and die from their injuries and disease. Palestinians can’t die fast enough to suit the Israelis. They have big lucrative plans for their land and the expansion of Israel. If Jews are God’s chosen people, perhaps “Thou Shalt Not Kill” is a misprint in the Bible.
I respectfully disagree with Ha’aretz (The Land). Israel has never “preferred” war. War has always been an existential necessity for Israel. The hostages are in the hands of Hamas not in the hands of Israel. Hamas is using the civilian/non-combatant hostages as a bargaining tool, which to my knowledge is a violation of international law. There is more to be said why Ha’aretz’s assessment and moral calculation is wrong.
For clarity, I am not Jewish, neither ethnically nor religiously. I speak as a naturalized American from Germany. The horror of the Holocaust is embedded in my soul.
Boged
Mr Levy is a consistent and important voice that has consistently taken on the official Israeli narrative. Big respect to him more voices like this needed.